Belgium’s ex-king: Broke on $1.2 million a year

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King Albert II has raised the ire of citizens and politicians by asking for more allowance.

Belgium’s former king has asked for money after complaining that $ 1.2 million a year was not enough to live on.

Former monarch, King Albert II had asked for an increase in the amount of money he gets from the tiny European state in order to pay his castle’s heating bills and to meet the cost of fuel for his royal yacht.